periclymenos

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τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕrī̆clymĕnos: or -us, i, m., = περικλύμενος,
I a climbing plant, the woodbine or honeysuckle, also called clymenus, Plin. 27, 12, 94, § 120.